MedCity News May 26, 2023
Marissa Plescia

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration identifies three core crisis services that should be available to those in need of behavioral health support: crisis hotlines, mobile crisis units and crisis stabilization. However, 33 state Medicaid programs don’t cover all of these services, a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found.

New research shows that 33 states do not provide Medicaid coverage for all three core crisis services that should be available to those in need of behavioral health support: crisis hotlines, mobile crisis units and crisis stabilization.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) identified these as necessary services for those in a crisis. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) published the analysis Thursday by surveying...

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